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Lunenburg school justifies canceling football season amid racist graffiti probe

Police close to making arrest after hateful message written on home

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Updated: 12:23 PM EST Dec 5, 2013

Lunenburg school justifies canceling football season amid racist graffiti probe

Police close to making arrest after hateful message written on home

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Updated: 12:23 PM EST Dec 5, 2013

LUNENBURG, Mass. —

Investigators in Lunenburg are calling the mother of a young football player whose home was spray-painted with racist graffiti a "strong suspect" in the case, as school officials justify why the high school's football season was canceled.

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Police took a bag of evidence out of Isaac Phillip's home, which was spray-painted with "Knights Don't Need (N-Words)." Phillips, who's biracial, plays football for the Lunenburg Blue Knights.